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HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS
■ Dresden Steam Engine Festival, including evening
photographic session at Roundhouse 1
■ Return journey on Kirnitzschtal tramway
■ Return journey on the Weisseritztalbahn & CONNOISSEUR TOURS
Eisenbahnmuseum © Stephen Painter ■ Travel by paddle steamer on the Elbe River
Loessnitzgrundbahn steam railways
■ Public transport ticket for central Dresden

SELECTED HOTELS
Dresden Steam Festival Aachen Ibis am Marschiertor
Dresden
InterCityHotel
Cologne
Ibis Köln am Dom
Please note - hotels can be subject to change
PRICE INCLUDES
Wednesday 12 April to Wednesday 19 April 2023 ■ All rail travel as stated in standard class
■ 2-day entry to Dresden Steam Festival
Our tour to Dresden for the Steam festival has become an annual favourite. Enjoy lots of steam ■ Accommodation in good quality hotels on a
content over the 15th Festival weekend in 2023. Other excursions include return journeys on both bed and breakfast basis
■ Excursions as stated
the Weisseritztalbahn and Loessnitzgrundbahn and a paddle steamer up the Elbe. ■ Services of a tour leader from London and
throughout the tour
Day 1 - Aachen presentations, fascinating displays, steam loco cab
Early afternoon Eurostar from St Pancras London rides, diesel engines at the Verkehrsmuseum, model Price per person:
to Brussels where we connect to the high speed trains and both historic and modern locos. We will Escorted holiday £1,595
train to Aachen. Our hotel for tonight, the Ibis am have access to the festival area around the railway Single room supplement £200
Marschiertor, is just a short walk away. and Dresden traffic museums and entry also includes Deposit for this holiday £100
an evening, illuminated photo session of steam
Day 2 - Onwards to Dresden locomotives at Roundhouse 1, with commentary,
Travel via regional services and ICE from Aachen and a steam journey ‘special’ (route details are still take a morning paddle steamer from Dresden to Bad
to Dresden. Our hotel for the next 5 nights is the to be confirmed). Schandau, stopping off at Pillnitz en route. At Bad
InterCityHotel which is situated adjacent to the main Schandau we board the historic Kirnitzschtal tramway
station in Dresden. Day 5 - Weisseritztalbahn & Loessnitzgrundbahn which runs through the valley of the Kirnitzch River
Today we make a return trip on the two local steam to the Lichtenhain Waterfall. The return journey to
Days 3 & 4 - Dresden Steam Engine Festival railways located on the outskirts of Dresden, the
We have 2 full days to spend at the festival, as well as Weisseritztalbahn and the 17km Loessnitzgrundbahn Dresden is by S-bahn.
tickets for a special photography event on the Friday line from Radebeul. Day 7 - Cologne
evening. Exact details of the festival’s programme Morning departure to Cologne via ICE train.
will be confirmed by the festival’s organisers Day 6 - Paddle Steamer up the Elbe Following a change of trains in Frankfurt, we arrive in
nearer to the time, but we can expect informative A journey up the Elbe River by paddle steamer. We Cologne early evening. Our hotel is ideally located in
the station building.

Day 8 - Homeward Bound
We take a morning ICE to Brussels and change on
to the Eurostar to London. Arrive back in London
mid-afternoon.

Paddle steamer on Elbe River

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